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couldn

help it.

-Dead,

Mr.

Peggotty

hinted, after another

respectful silence.

Drowndead," said Mr. Peggotty.

felt the difficulty of resuming the subject, but had not got to the

bottom of it yet, and must get to the bottom somehow.

said

Havn 't you

any

children, Mr. Peggotty

No, master," he answered with a short laugh.

'm a bacheldore."

bachelor

said, astonished.

Why, who 's that, Mr. Peg-

gotty

Pointing to the person in the apron who was knitting.

That's Missis Gummidge," said Mr. Peggotty.

Gummidge, Mr. Peggotty

But at this point Peggotty-I mean my own peculiar Peggotty-

made such impressive motions to me not to ask any more questions,

that

could only sit and look at all the silent company, until it

was

time to go to bed. Then, in the privacy of my own little cabin,

she informed me that Ham and Em'ly were an orphan nephew and

niece, whom my host had at different times adopted in their child-

hood, when they were left destitute

;

and that Mrs. Gummidge was

the widow of his partner in a boat, who had died very poor.

EIe

was but a poor man

himself, said Peggotty, but as good as gold

and as true as steel-those were her similies. The only subject, she

informed me, on which he ever showed a violent temper or swore an

oath, was this generosity of his; and if it were ever referred to, by any

one of them, he struck the table a heavy blow with his right hand (had

split

on one such occasion), and swore a dreadful oath that he would

Gormed'

he didn't cut and run for good, if it was ever men-

tioned again.

appeared, in answer to my inquiries, that nobody

had the least idea of the etymology of this terrible verb passive to be

gormed; but that they

all

regarded

as constituting a most solemn

imprecation.

was very sensible of my entertainer's goodness, and listened to the

women's going to bed in another little crib like mine at the opposite end

of the boat, and to him and Ham hanging up two hammocks for themselves

on the hooks

had noticed in the roof, in

very luxurious state of

mind, enhanced by my being sleepy. As slumber gradually stole upon

me,

heard the wind howling out at sea and coming on across the flat so

fiercely, that

had a lazy apprehension of the great deep rising

the

night. But

bethought myself that

was in a boat, after all; and that a

man like Mr. Peggotty was not a bad person to have on board if anything

did happen.

Nothing happened, however, worse than morning. Almost as soon as it

shone upon the oyster-shell frame of my mirror

was out of bed, and out

with little Em'ly, picking up stones upon the beach.

You're quite a sailor,

suppose

said to Em'ly.

don't know

that

supposed any thing of the kind, but

felt it an act of gallantry to

say something; and a shining sail close to us made such a pretty little

image of itself, at the moment,

her bright eye, that it came into my head

to say this.

No," replied Em'ly, shaking her head,

I'm afraid of the sea."

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PERSONAL

HISTORY

AND

EXPERIENCE

"Afraid

said, with a becoming

air

of boldness, and looking very

big at the mighty ocean.

a'nt

"Ah

but it's cruel," said Em'ly.

have seen it very cruel to some

of our men.

have seen it tear a boat as big as our house, all to pieces."

hope it was'nt the boat that

That father was drownded in

said Em'ly.

No. Not that one,

never see that boat."

Nor him

asked her.

Little Em'ly shook her head.

Not to remember

Here was a coincidence

immediately went into an explanation how

had never seen my own father; and how my mother and

had always

lived by ourselves in the happiest state imaginable, and lived so then, and

always meant to live so

;

and how my father's grave was in the churchyard

near our house, and shaded by a tree, beneath the boughs of which

had walked and heard the birds sing many a pleasant morning. But

there were some

differences between Em'ly's orphanhood and mine, it ap-

peared. She had lost her mother before her father; and where her father's

grave was no one knew, except that it was somewhere in the depths of the

sea.

"Besides," said Em'ly, as she looked about for shells and pebbles,

your father was a gentleman and your mother is a lady; and my father

was a fisherman and my mother was a fisherman's daughter, and my uncle

Dan is a fisherman.

Dan is Mr. Peggotty, is he

said

Uncle Dan-yonder," answered Em'ly, nodding at the boat-house.

"Yes.

mean him. He must be very good,

should think?

Good?

said Em'ly.

was ever to be a lady,

'd give him a

sky-blue coat with diamond buttons, nankeen trousers, a red velvet

waistcoat, a cocked hat, a large gold watch, a silver pipe, and a box of

money

said

had no doubt that Mr. Peggotty well deserved these treasures.

must acknowledge that

felt it difficult to picture him quite at his ease

in the raiment proposed for him by his grateful little niece, and that

was particularly doubtful of the policy of the cocked hat

;

but

kept these

sentiments to myself.

Little Em'ly had stopped and looked up at the sky in her enumeration

of these articles, as if they were a glorious vision. We went on again,

picking up shells and pebbles.

You would like to be a lady

said.

Emily looked at me, and laughed and nodded "yes."

should like it very much.

We would all be gentlefolks together,

then.

Me, and uncle, and Ham, and Mrs. Gummidge.

We wouldn't

mind then, when there come stormy weather.-Not for our own sakes,

mean. We would for the poor fishermen's, to be sure, and we 'd help 'em

with money when they come to any hurt."

This seemed to me to be a very satisfactory and therefore not at all

improbable picture.

expressed my pleasure in the contemplation of it,

and little Em'ly was emboldened to say, shyly,

Don't you think you are afraid of the sea, now

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was quiet enough to reassure me, but

have no doubt if

had seen

a moderately large wave come tumbling in,

should have taken to my

heels, with an awful recollection of her drowned relations. However,

said

No," and

added, "You don't seem to be, either, though you say

you are;"-for she was walking much too near the brink of a sort of

old jetty or wooden causeway we had strolled upon, and

was afraid of

her falling over.

"I'm not afraid in this way," said little Em'ly. "But

wake

when it blows, and tremble to think of uncle Dan and Ham, and

believe

hear'em crying out for help. That's why

should like so

much to be a lady. But I'm not afraid in this way.

Not a bit. Look

here

She started from my side, and ran along a jagged timber which pro-

truded from the place we stood upon, and overhung the deep water at

some height, without the least defence. The incident is so impressed on

my remembrance, that if

were a draughtsman

could draw its form

here,

daresay, accurately as it was that day, and little Em'ly springing

forward to her destruction (as it appeared to me), with a look that

have

never forgotten, directed far out to sea.

The light, bold, fluttering little figure turned and came back safe to me,

and

soon laughed at my fears, and at the cry

had uttered

;

fruitlessly

in any case, for there was no one near. But there have been times since,

in my manhood, many times there have been, when

have thought, Is it

possible, among the possibilities of hidden things, that in the sudden

rashness of the child and her wild look so far off, there was any merciful

attraction of her into danger, any tempting her towards him permitted

on the part of her dead father, that her life might have a chance of

ending that day.

There has been a time since when

have wondered

whether, if the life before her could have been revealed to me at a glance,

and so revealed as that a child could fully comprehend it, and if her pre-

servation could have depended on a motion of my hand,

ought to have

held it up to save her. There has been a time since-I do not say

lasted long, but it has been-when

have asked myself the question,

would it have been better for little Em'ly to have had the waters close

above her head that morning

my sight; and when

have answered

Yes, it would have been.

This may be premature.

have set

down too soon, perhaps. But

let it stand.

We strolled a long way, and loaded ourselves with things that we

thought curious, and put some stranded star-fish carefully back into

the water-I hardly know enough of the race at this moment to be

quite certain whether they had reason to feel obliged to us for doing

so, or the reverse-and then made our way home to Mr. Peggotty's

dwelling. We stopped under the lee of the lobster-outhouse to

exchange

an innocent kiss, and went in to breakfast glowing with health

and

pleasure.

Like two young mavishes," Mr. Peggotty said.

knew this meant,

in our local dialect, like two young thrushes, and received it as a com-

pliment.

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PERSONAL

HISTORY

AND EXPERIENCE

Of course

was in love with little Em'ly.

am sure Iloved that baby

quite as truly, quite as tenderly, with greater purity, and more disinterest-

edness, than can enter into the best love of a later time of life, high and

ennobling as it is.

am sure my fancy raised up something round that

blue-eyed mite of a child, which etherealised, and made a very angel of

her.

If,

any sunny forenoon, she had spread a little pair of wings and

flown away before my eyes,

don't think

should have regarded it as

much more than

had had reason to expect.

We used to walk about that dim old flat at Yarmouth in a loving

manner, hours and hours. The days sported by us, as if Time had not

grown up himself yet, but were a child too, and always at play.

told

Em'ly

adored her, and that unless she confessed she adored me

should

be reduced to the necessity of killing myself with a sword. She said she

did, and

have no doubt she did.

As to any sense of inequality, or youthfulness, or other difficulty in our

way, little Em'ly and

had no such trouble, because we had no future.

We made no more provision for growing older, than we did for growing

younger. We were the admiration of Mrs.

Gummidge and Peggotty, who

used to whisper of an evening when we sat, lovingly, on our little locker

side by side,

Lor

wasn 't it beautiful

Mr. Peggotty smiled at us

from behind his pipe, and Ham grinned all the evening and did nothing

else. They had something of the sort of pleasure in us,

suppose,

that they might have had in a pretty toy, or a pocket model of the

Colosseum.

soon found out that Mrs. Gummidge did not always make herself

so agreeable as she might have been expected to do, under the cir-

cumstances of her residence with Mr. Peggotty. Mrs. Gummidge's was

rather a fretful disposition, and she whimpered more sometimes than

was comfortable for other parties in so small an establishment.

was

very sorry for her

;

but there were moments when it would have been

more agreeable,

thought, if Mrs. Gummidge had had a convenient

apartment of her own to retire to, and had stopped there until her spirits

revived.

Mr. Peggotty went occasionally to a public house called The Willing

Mind.

discovered this, by his being out on the second or third evening

of our visit, and by Mrs. Gummidge's looking up at the dutch clock,

between eight and nine, and saying he was there, and that, what was

more, she had known in the morning he would go there.

Mrs.

Gummidge had been in a low state

all

day, and had burst into

tears in the forenoon, when the fire smoked.

am a lone lorn creetur',"

were Mrs. Gummidge's words, when that unpleasant occurrence took

place, "and everythink goes

contrairy with me."

Oh, it '11 soon leave off," said Peggotty-I again mean our Peggotty

and besides, you know, it's not more disagreeable to you than to us."

feel it more," said Mrs. Gnmmidge.

It was a very cold day, with cutting blasts of wind.

Mrs.

Gummidge's

peculiar corner of the fireside seemed to me to be the warmest and

snuggest in the place, as her chair was certainly the easiest, but

didn't

suit her that day at all. She was constantly complaining of the cold, and

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of its occasioning a visitation in her back which she called "the creeps."

At last she shed tears on that subject, and said again that she was

a lone

lorn creetur' and everythink went contrairy with her."

is certainly very cold," said Peggotty. "Everybody must feel

so."

feel it more than other people," said Mrs. Gummidge.

So at dinner; when Mrs.

Gummidge was always helped immediately

after me, to whom the preference was given as a visitor of distinction.

The fish were small and bony, and the potatoes were a little burnt. We

all acknowledged that we felt this something of a disappointment; but

Mrs.

Gummidge said she felt it more than we did, and shed tears again,

and made that former declaration with great bitterness.

Accordingly, when Mr. Peggotty came home about nine o'clock, this

unfortunate Mrs.

Gummidge was knitting in her corner in a very wretched

and miserable condition. Peggotty had been working cheerfully. Ham

had been patching up a great pair of water-boots; and

with little

Em'ly by my side, had been reading to them. Mrs.

Gummidge had never

made any other remark than a forlorn sigh, and had never raised her eyes

since tea.

Well, Mates," said Mr. Peggotty, taking his seat,

and how are you

We all said something, or looked something, to welcome him, except

Mrs. Gummidge, who only shook her head over her knitting.

"What's amiss," said Mr. Peggotty, with a clap of his hands.

Cheer up, old Mawther

(Mr. Peggotty meant old girl.)

Mrs.

Gummidge did not appear to be able to cheer up. She took out

an old black silk handkerchief and wiped her eyes

;

but instead of putting

it in her pocket, kept

it out, and wiped them again, and still kept it out,

ready for-use.

What's amiss, dame

said Mr. Peggotty.

Nothing," returned Mrs. Gummidge. "You've come from The

Wrilling Mind, Dan'l

Why yes, I've took a short spell at The Willing Mind to-night," said

Mr. Peggotty.

I'm sorry

should drive you there," said Mrs. Gummidge.

Drive!

don't want no driving," returned Mr. Peggotty with an

honest laugh.

only go too ready."

Very ready," said nlrs. Gummidge, shaking her head, and wiping her

eyes.

Yes, yes, very ready.

sorry it should be along of me that

you 're so ready

Along o' you?

It an't along o' you

said Mr. Peggotty. "Don't

ye believe a bit on it."

Yes, yes, it is," cried Mrs. Gummidge.

know what

am.

know that I'm

lone lorn creetur, and not only that everythink

goes contrairy with me, but that

go contrairy with everybody. Yes,

yes.

feel more than other people do, and

show

more.

It's my

misfortun'."

really couldn't help thinking, as

sat taking in

all

this, that the

misfortune extended to some other members of that family besides

Mrs. Gummidge. But Mr. Peggotty made no such retort, only answering

with another entreaty to Mrs.

Gummidge to cheer up.

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PERSONAL

HISTORY

AND EXPERIENCE

an't what

could wish myself to be," said Mrs. Gummidge.

am far from it.

know what

am.

My troubles has made me contrairy.

feel my troubles, and they make me contrairy.

wish

did'nt feel 'em,

but

do.

wish

could be hardened to 'em, but

an't.

make the

house uncomfortable.

don't wonder at it. I've made your sister so

all day, and Master Davy."

Here

was suddenly melted, and roared out "No, you have'nt, Mrs

Gummidge," in great mental distress.

It's far from right that

should do it," said Mrs. Gummidge.

an't a fit return.

had better go into the house and die.

am a lone

lorn creetur, and had much better not make myself contrairy here.

thinks must go contrairy with me, and

must go contrairy myself, let me

go contrairy in my parish. Dan'l, I'd better go into the house, and.

die and be a riddance

Mrs. Gummidge retired with these words, and betook herself to bed.

When she was gone, Mr. Peggotty, who had not exhibited a trace of any

feeling but the profoundest sympathy, looked round upon us, and nodding

his head with a lively expression of that sentiment still animating his face,

said in a whisper

She's been thinking of the old'un

did not quite understand what old one Mrs. Gummidge was

supposed to have fixed her mind upon, until Peggotty, on seeing me

to bed, explained that it was the late Mr. Gummidge; and that

her brother always took that for a received truth on such occasions,

and that it always had a moving effect upon him. Some time after he

was in his hammock that night,

heard him myself repeat to Ham,

"Poor thing!

She's been thinking of the old

'un!" And whenever

Mrs.

Gummidge was overcome in a similar manner during the remainder

of our stay (which happened some few times), he always said the same

thing in extenuation of the circumstance, and always with the tenderest

commiseration.

So the fortnight slipped away, varied by nothing but the variation of

the tide, which altered Mr. Peggotty's times of going out and coming in,

and altered Ham's engagements also. When the latter was unemployed,

he sometimes walked with us to show us the boats and ships, and once or

twice he took us for a row.

don't know why one slight set of impres-

sions should be more particularly associated with a place than another,

though

believe this obtains with most people, in reference especially to

the associations of their childhood.

never hear the name, or read the

name, of Yarmouth, but

am reminded of a certain Sunday morning on

the beach, the bells ringing for church, little Em'ly leaning on my shoulder,

Ham lazily dropping stones into the water, and the sun, away at sea,

just breaking through the heavy mist, and showing us the ships, like

their own shadows.

At last the day came for going home.

bore up against the separation

from Mr. Peggotty and Mrs. Gummidge, but my agony of mind at leaving

little Em'ly was piercing.

We went arm-in-arm to the public-house

where the carrier put up, and

promised, on the road, to write to her.

redeemed that promise afterwards, in characters larger than those in

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which apartments are usually announced in manuscript, as being to let).

We were greatly overcome at parting

;

and if ever, in my life,

have had a

void made in my heart,

had one made that day.

Now, all the time

had been on my visit,

had been ungrateful to

home again, and had thought little or nothing about it. But

was no

sooner turned towards it, than my reproachful young conscience seemed

to point that way with a steady finger; and

felt, all the more for the

sinking of my spirits, that

was my nest, and that my mother was my

comforter and friend.

This gained upon me as we went along

;

so that the nearer we drew,

and the more familiar the objects became that we passed, the more

excited

was to get there, and to run into her arms. But Peggotty,

instead of sharing in these transports, tried to check them (though very

kindly), and looked confused and out of sorts.

Blunderstone Rookery would come, however, in spite of her, when the

carrier's horse pleased-and did. How well

recollect it, on a cold grey

afternoon, with a dull sky, threatening rain

The door opened, and

looked, half laughing and half crying in my

pleasant agitation, for my mother. It was

not she, but a strange

servant.

Why, Peggotty

said, ruefully, "isn't she come home

Yes, yes, Master Davy," said Peggotty.

She's come home. Wait

a bit, Master Davy, and

1'11-1

'11

tell you something."

Between her agitation, and her natural awkwardness in getting out of

the cart, Peggotty was making a most extraordinary festoon of herself, but

felt too blank and strange to tell her so. When she had got down, she

took me by the hand

;

led me, wondering, into the kitchen; and shut the

door.

Peggotty

said

quite frightened. "What 's the matter?

"Nothing's the matter, bless you, Master Da~y dear!

she answered,

assuming an air of sprightliness.

Something 's the matter,

'm sure.

Where's mama?

Where 's mama, Master Davy

repeated Peggotty.

Yes. Why hasn 't she come out to the gate, and what have we come

in here for? Oh, Peggotty

My eyes were full, and

felt as if

were

going to tumble down.

"Bless the precious boy

cried Peggotty, taking hold of me.

What

is it

Speak, my pet

Not dead, too

Oh, she's not dead, Peggotty

Peggotty cried out No

with an astonishing volume of voice; and then

sat down, and began to pant, and said

had given her a turn.

gave her a hug to take away the turn, or to give her another turn in

the right direction, and then stood before her, looking at her in anxious

inquiry.

"You see, dear,

should have told you before now," said Peggotty,

"but

hadn't an opportunity.

ought to have made it, perhaps, but

couldn't azackly "-that was always the substitute for exactly, in Peggotty's

militia of words-" bring my mind to it."

Go on, Peggotty," said

more frightened than before.

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HISTORY

AND

EXPERIENCE

"Master Davy," said Peggotty, untying her bonnet with a shaking

hand, and speaking in a breathless sort of way.

What do you think?

You have got a Pa

trembled, and turned white.

Something-I don't know what, or

how-connected with the grave in the churchyard, and the raising of the

dead, seemed to strike me like an unwholesome wind.

A new one," said Peggotty.

A new one

repeated.

Peggotty gave a gasp, as if she were swallowing something that was

very hard, and, putting out her hand, said

Come and see him."

don't want to see him."

"And your mamma," said Peggotty.

ceased to draw back, and we went straight to the best parlor, where

she left me. On one side of the fire, sat my mother; on the other,

Mr. Murdstone.

My mother dropped her work, and arose hurriedly, but

timidly

thought.

Now, Clara my dear," said Mr. Murdstone.

Recollect

controul

yourself, always controul yourself!

Davy boy, how do you do

gave him my hand.

After a moment of suspense,

went and kissed

my mother

she kissed me, patted me gently on the shoulder, and sat down

again to her work.

could not look at her,

could not look at him,

knew quite well that he was looking at us both; and

turned to the

window and looked out there, at some shrubs that were drooping their

heads in the cold.

As soon as

could creep away,

crept up-stairs.

My old dear bedroom

was changed, and

was to lie a long way off.

rambled down-stairs to

find anything that was like itself, so altered it all seemed; and roamed

into the yard.

very soon started back from there, for the empty dog-

kennel was filled up with a great dog-deep mouthed and black-haired

like Him-and he was very angry at the sight of me, and sprung out to

get at me.

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EXTRACTS

FROM OPINIONS

THE

PRESS.

From

Douglas Jerrold's Weekly New.?paper,

16th

Dec.,

1848.

find from the preface of this work that

has been

written by two individuals; the one a German professor of

music the other a literary and, of course a musical gentle-

man df this country: thudthe book has ali the advantages of

German erudition upon the subject, without the objections

which more or less are

the consequences of a translation.

The treatment of the subject commences with scales and

intervals; enters into a full consideration of the derivations,

the nature and employment of chords in harmonic

com-

binations; gives excellent precepts upon rhythmical and

tonal structure; in short, carries the subject on to the con-

struction of elaborate compositions, either instrumental, or

vocal. To give an entire analysis of the manner in

which

this has been done, would far exceed our limits, and any-

thing less would convey no adequate idea of the book.

Suffce

it, that the whole has been treated with great care

is copious, highly scientific, that

is,

perfectly simple,

grammatical, and, we have no hesitation in saying, it is one

of the most learned books ever written

upon the art. It is

heautifullv eot un. and. considerinn the imnortance of the

knowledge of the subject it professes to teach.

It abounds

in exercises which are worked out

in a key, thus rendering

self-instruction easy, and greatly facilitating the

labour of

the

mastrr. It commences with scales and intervals

develops the nature of chords, and gives copious precepts

their employment. Bhythmical and tonal structure arc fully

considered. In fact, the instruction is carried upwards from

a simple exposition of the first principles of music to the

construction of compositions requiring the most extensive

vocal and instrumental combinations No partial selections

from a work of

this description would afford a just idea of its

merits as a whole We can, however, assert that, though

strictly scientific and grammatical, it is well calculated,

by its

simplicity and clearness, to lead the student to a full mastery

of the science of music. The volume ends with

a double

chorus, the words for which are from the

pen of the author

i'Rowland Bradshaw," a work of fiction which we had

sometime ago, occasion to commend for the excellence of

it;

object, and the vigour of its style.

subject, dff&ed at

pride which shcws that tke authors were

sincere when they talked of music becoming an "essential

part of national education." It concludes with a double

chorus, the words being furnished by

the author of

Row-

land Bradshaw," who has evidently a talent for writing to

music. The following may give some idea of the clearness

of the style, although the whole work must of course be

scientifically studied to

duly appreciated.

From the Weelcly Dispatch,

24th

Dec,

1848.

The author of this admirable elementary

workis a German

gentleman, who has

had

a long experience in the profession of

music, and he has produced the best practical treatise on the

theory of the art which has ever come under

our notice. The

voluminous works previously issued from

the schools of Italy,

France, and Germany, are certainly too

dSuse and specula-

From

the

LUerary Gazette, lGth Dec.,

1848.

concise, yet not too concise, and Pull practical expqsition

of the theory of music, has long, we believe, been cons~dered

a desideratum by the musical world; and the diligence and

science of the author appear, at

last, to have supplied the

deficiency in a very satisfactory manner. TO assist the

teacher, and facilitate the studies of those whose genius has

to be self-taught, are the objects he has endeavoured to ac-

complish, and,

far as this volume goes, we should say with

skill and success. The instructions and examples are very

clear

;

and we would therefore cordially recommend the

work to the music

fezu'lle

of all our melodious friends.

From the Sunday Times, 17th

Dee.,

1848.

Mr.

RShner says, in his preface, that, being a German,

without the necessary knowledge of our language, he bas had

to take the assistance of a gentleman of literary as well as

musical attainments,

by which means all that is known of

the art of

music

conveyed to the English student divested

of that crudity and obscurity which too frequently belongs

a translation The authors, in stating their reasons for pro-

ducing this work, affirm the necessity of sound training in the

theory as well as the practice of music and they predict that

the day is not far distant when the

'acquirement of music

shall be

exercise of the mind, not a mere operation of the

fingers; when it shall rank as an essential part of a national

and liberal education, instead of being held at the cheap

value of a superficial accomplishment. The book has

evidently been written with great care. and

thorough

tive for the general student

;

and

Rohner has succeeded

in his plan of conciseness, without omitting a single essential

point.

From

the

Court Journal,

30th

Dec.,

1848.

This

work is chiefly intended for amateurs, who wish to

acquire a knowledge of composition

;

and it may be considered

as one of the best treatises of the kind that have appeared in

our language. The author (a German) very modestly

acknow-

ledges his obligation to an English friend who has corrected

his work

in the niceties of ourvernacular;ongue. but he

may

fairly take to himself the credit of having expoun6ed his intri-

cate and difficult subject with a degree of clearness and con-

cision that is not always found in didactic treatises. The

volume contains all that is necessary to facilitate the general

student's acquisition of

knowledge

musical composition.

Altogether this treatise fills up a gap that existed in musical

literature, and steers most happily between the dry brevity of

a mere

hand-hook," and the learned diffuseness of the pon-

derous

tomes indited by German, French, and Italian con-

trapuntists.

Key

the

Exercises containedin Rii7mev's Practical Treatise

Mwsical Composition.

This short pamphlet

a necessary complement to the

"Practical Treatise." We here find

repetition of the

examples given (in their incipient state) in the "Treatise,"

with all the parts filled in, so as to enal>le the student who

has no master to guide him to see whether he has

whtten

his exercise correctly; or

serve the master as a book of re-

ference, to ascertain when and where the student is at fault.

PRACTICAL TREATISE

USICAL COMPOSITION.

this conscientious writer.

Prom the IZlustrated London

News,

30th Dec.,

1848.

We have received frequent applications from amateurs and

students, to mention the

best standard works on composition,

and

we have recommended the theoretical writings of Al-

brechtsberger, Schueider,

Weber, AbhO Vogler, Choron,

Reicha, Cheruhini, Rameau, &c.. to our applicants; but, for

a lucid compilation of

the principles of the great theorists, we

have searched in vain. The appearance of the volume now

before us will he of the greatest service to the teacher, and of

inestimable value to the student. The work has

the

signature

of a German; hut, in his preface he acknowledges the assist-

ance

of an English gentleman: who was not only a sound

musician, hut of literary attainments." Mr. Rohner regrets

that he is not permitted to publish his coadjutor's name

;

and

this regret will be shared by those readers of the work who

will participate

tho value of its principles, as much for

acquiring as for inspiring knowledge. Mr. Rohner commences

with scales and intervals; and then treats of

melody, and its

accentuation according to time and measure. The third

chapter, on harmony and

chordn, is extremely well treated

The hints on the construction of elaborate instrumental com-

positions are

admirablc; and the supplementary chapters on

harmony, in two, three, and more than four parts, and on the

composition of vocal music, are clear and full in explanation,

and the examples well chosen

and appropriate. Much time and

trouble

inay be spared to the pupil who carefully studies this

new treatise, which will he an easy introduction to the more

voluminous works of

tlie great theorists. The work has been

got up with great care, and is printed in large bold type.

From

the

Critic,

1st

Jan.

1849.

thoronehlv oractical treatise on musical comnosition. or

rathe~we~&o;lk sag on the theory of music, foiits compo-

sition is not to be

tnlciht

;

it must come from within. If Mr.

Rihner had

termed it musical

ezpression

he would have been

more strictly correct. for his purpose is to teach the manner

of putting a musical

hea

into the form of music. It is pro-

fusely illustrated, and will, no

doubt, he studied with great

advantage by

composers, whether professional or amateur.

than ever, that the reviewer, upon taking up a new book

such profession, opens it with a feeling bordering

npon prejudice against it, so certain does he feel of once

again meeting with disappointment. It is, therefore, with a

heightened degree of pleasure we place before our readers

recommendation of

Rohner's work, for it fulflls its

promise. It is a small quarto volume, containing 156 pages

of letterpress and

music, excellently printed, and has been

corrected with peculiar care, a circumstance of the highest

importance

theoretical works. It was our first intention

to have gone into an elaborate analytical review of this

treatise, hut were soon after stopped by finding how much

could he said upon every part, that to do justice to all would

far outrun the space a newspaper can afford for any single

wvork We must, in consequence, content ourselves by giving

our hearty recommendation not only to the student in

music, but to the professor.

The first will obtain by its aid

vast store of practical information; the latter find things

there set down

in a new light that will at least revive

aIl

has before studied, if not create in his mind entirely fresh

views in the application of the science of music.

From the Manchester Courier, 13th January,

1849.

This new theory seems to have taken

tlie musical world by

surprise-the London press teeming

with its praise; some

going so far as to assert that it must become the national

manual of

music to the teacher, and more especially to him

who has to toil in the path of self-instruction.

Rtjhner

is a German, hut has had the assistance of an English literary

and musical gentleman, thus giving all the German erudition

upon the subject, without the crudity and obscurity which

more or less belong to a translation. We are happy in being

able to add our commendation to that of our contemporaries

of the London press; feeling convinced than any work which

will exite a study for the

theory

of music, instead of the nn-

meaning

practice

which we find too often aimed at alone, has

conferred an intellectual boon npon the country-has given

the means for an elevating, a rational, and most desirable

exercise of the mind.

From the Morniag Chronicle, 16th Jan, 1849.

Whatever doubt may exist of an absolute necessity for this

production, on account

ofthe paucity or inefficiency of those

which already exist, we nevertheless hope that Mr Rohner's

work will do service to the progress of real

n~usical science

as well as musical taste, in this

country. bv stimulatine

demand for musical education more sbund and solid-in

From the Morning Herdd, Jan.

1849.

system,

ab Cliitio,

than that which is now but too often

bestowed-a system which, while it may impart a certain

Mr.

Ri5hner publishes this treatise because he believes that

amount of dexterity in execution within a limited ranee. thus

practical book upon the theory of music "remained a

furnibhing

the material for

superficial

display befo&

par-

desideratum;" that is. there has either heen,

the one

tial and probably unskiiled audience, yet often leaves the

hand, too much compression, or, on the

other, too much

pupil, after a five or seven years' course of nominal instrnc-

diffuseness.

"Reflect~on on this," he adds, "grew at length

tion,

with exactly the same amount of knowledge in the true

into a desire to attempt to

supply a work that should at Once

principles of music as at the beginnin&

assist the teacher and render easier the task of those who

LONDON

LONGMAN,

BROWN,

GREEN,

LONGMANS.

have to toil in the path of self-instruction."

Without coin-

ciding

in the impression that animates Mr. Rbhner

to the

general

iinavailable character of the thousand elementary

treatises which have issued from the press, we may give him

the credit

of having produced a very serviceable volume

for

those

who

are

about

study the

theoretical

the

art,

and there

can

doubt that it

one

the

best

in existence as regards pian, development, and illustration,

The

letter-press

,,,hich

accompanies

the

chapters

the

tribution

who,

possessed

the

requi-

site knowledge, aided the author in completing the wish that

the work should be brought out in this

country.

~h~

text

thus supplied is clear and pertinent, and though copious in

its

details, exhibits no

ostentatious

verbosity, while the

tech-

nical spirit which necessarily pervades the elucidations is

ably defined

meet the inquiries

the uninitiated.

~h~

rules

are

well enforced

key

which

printed

in a separate volume.

From

the Lady,s

paper,

IBth

January,

1849.

So many practical treatises on musical composition con-

tinue to appear, all professing to accomplish the same end,

namely, to make that which has hitherto been deemed

diE-

cult or obscure, easy and clear, hut generally leaving the

reader in the end more perplexed and in

deepex obscurity

From the Mor9aing Post, 25th Jan.,

1849.

BIr,

n8hner,s purpose,

publishing

this

work,

has

been

supply the musical student with

compendium of theoretical

instructions, in which, whilst avoiding the

diuseness and

speculativeness of the larger treatises, no branch of the suh-

ject should

be left unnoticed, or insufficiently explained. 1n

this we think he has succeeded. His book unites the quali-

ties of perspicuity and conciseness, and is evidently the work

of One Competent to teach, and thoroug~ conversant with

the labours of those who have preceded him. Evolving no

fanciful theorieq hut plainly and sensibly setting forth the

pflnclples of musical composition as received by the majol?ty

of professors, this treatise

wilt no doubt be very gellerally

studied

and approved The exercises recommended by ~r.

for the adaptation of hamonies to a given melody

are excellent; the remarks on rhythm and the tonal struo

ture of a musical composition very felicitous. The con-

struction of elaborate compositions, preceded by

chapter of

figurate writing, is the last matter treated of; observations on

the composition of vocal music being added in the form of

supplementary chapter. We may add, that a key to the

exercises is published with the work, and, in conclusion,

are

happy to recommend it to the attention of all those who are

desirous of acquiring a practical knowledge of the principles

of musical composition

Now

Publishing,

in Monthly

Numbers, Price

ONE

SHILLING

each,

THE

JOURNAL

DESIGN,

"We last month had the pleasure of welcoming the

first appearance

of this periodical, and of noticing the

promise of utility which

held out. An examination

of the contents of the present number confirms the

favourable opinion we then expressed, and we would

again commend the publication to the notice of all who

are interested in the cultivation and spread of decora-

tive art.

. .

We shall certainly be much mistaken if

THE

JOURNAL

DESIGN (supposing it to be continued

as it has commenced) does not give a lively impulse to

every description of manufacture on which decorative

art can be brought

bear."--MidZanrl Counties Herald,

SEcoNn NOTICE.

The manner and tone of

THE

JOUBNAL

DESIGN

ADDRESSED

MERCHANTS, MANUFACTURERS, RETAIL DEALERS, DESIGNERS,

AND ART-WORKMEN.

THE

JOURNAL

DESIGN will have, as it ought to have, politics of its own.

In this

matter of Ornamental Design

hope to prove ourselves thoroughly conservative of the

best interests of manufacturers, designers, and all parties concerned.

We are the

cates for better laws and a better tribunal to protect copyright

in designs, and for a

largely increased extension of copyright. We think the restless demands of the public

for constant novelty are alike mischievous to the progress of good ornamental art as

they are to all

comnlercial interests. We think that the Schools of Design should be

reformed and made husiness-like realities. We shall wage war against all pirates; and

we hope to see the day when it will be thought as disgraceful for one manufacturer to

pillage another's patterns as it is held to be if he should walk into the counting-house

and rob his till. These are some of the points of our political creed, with which we start

on our undertaking. In conclusion, we profess that our aim is to foster ornamental art in

all its ways, and to do those things for its advance, in all its branches, which it would be

the appropriate business of a Board of Design to do, if such a useful department of

Government actually existed.

The

following Testimonials, among others, to the practical value of tl~e Work,

have

been already received

are good, the editor's resources appear to he consider-

able, and some novel features in the undertaking can-

not fail to arrest attention strongly. The introdoction

of actual patterns of manufactured fabrics strikes one

at first as a somewhat daring innovation, a too obvious

introduction of literature to trade; hut it is found, on

examination, to be in no respect out of place, but in-

"It

is matter of surprise to us, as it has no doubt

been to others, that no periodical of the

kind should

have been established in this country; for althongh

decorative art has received incidental notice in various

journals, it has not received that complete and syste-

matic consideration which its national value m a

com-

meroial

point of view demands. THE

JOURNAL

DESIGN, therefore, if it isconducted upon the principles

described by

its

conductors in their opening address,

can

hardly fail to he very extensively acceptable, as

supplyingoneoftheohviouswants

of the day. The pre-

sent part, making the allowances claimed for

as a

first appearance, gives promise of substantialutility, the

fulfilment of which we shall have pleasure in recording

from

time

time,

the

sueoessive

come

underournotice.

. .

THE

JOURNAL

DESIGN is pnh-

lished

price

which will place it within the reach of

all

who

are

interested

its

contents,n-~idlard

Counties Herald.

deed suitable and useful in every

way."-Examiner.

The objects of THE

JOURNAL

DESIGN, a nlonthly

periodical, are directly practical. To the so?-disant

connoisseur ~ts tone and aim rnav savour too much of

of the subject. We anticipate that, whilst it may thus

hecorne a good circulating medium for new ornamental

designs, it may be also ancillary to the diffusion of just

taste."-Advocate, or Irish Industrial

Jourr~al.

''This is

the first number of a monthly magazine

which bids fa.5 to become of vast utility to towns like

Nottingham, where the staple trades depend so much

upon elegance and newness of design. The illustrations

in the part before us are very numerous and extremely

good.

. . . .

These illustrations are accompanied by

thirty-two

pages of letterpress-and all forashi1ling."-

Nottinghaml~ire Guas.dian.

"Manufacturers who wish any new fabric noticed

have

Only

send

much

the

Office

swatch ill each copy of the journal. The literary as

well

as the artistical part is well got up, and the jour-

nal deserves the patronage of the admirers of the fine

and useful

arts.--Glasmw Examiner.

the trade-its insertion, wheneve; practical, of absolute

patterns of textile fabrics or printed paper-hangings,

may startle Fine

nerves with its air of a mercer's

pattern-hook; hut the tone

writing 1s healthy and

independent, and its criticism

on the patterns reviewed

are characterisad by judgment and artistic knowledge

Tlte letterpress

i.i

~.i.,~fusel,v illtistrate<l rvitli wood-

cot.;.

The

work appenvj I~ktl,i to I>e

-rrvit.e

it,

yru-

~ncrtir~: the gruath of

r3,rc."--tiL~,,~~~ti.

L~,t~diluli~)tul.

"It is with feelings of genuine pleasure that we wel-

come the appearance of another journal devoted to the

important subject of decorative art. In THE JOURNAL

DESIGN we observe one characteristic feature not

contained in any other work occupying a similar field

of operation. Besides woodcuts of ornamental designs,

such as have been long made familiar to our readers

the pages of the Art-Journal, the work before us is an

actual pattern-book. We have the very textures and

fahrics themselves before us."-Shfleld Times.

"The sample number of a new periodical, devoted to

a review of ornamental design and art-manufactures.

It promises to be a well-conducted work, and the pat-

terns and numerous

illustrat~ons which accompany lt

will render it of utility to manufacturers, artists, and

designers."-Bristol Mercury.

"This is a monthly magazine upon a novel and what

appears to be an excellent plan.

To conduct such a

work effectively, an abundance of illustration is neces-

sary, and this magazine

1s distinguished by its cantain-

ing actual patterns; thus showing the fabric as well as

the design, and giving practical men a far better idea

than any engraving could possibly do. The contents

the magazine are of a varied character.

. . .

This

new publication, indeed, appears to he calculated for

great

utility."-hiewcasfle Courant.

[Turn

over.

THE

JOURNAL

DESIGN.

Contents of No.

ADDRESS.

Xebiela of Vatterns.

THE

MULTITUDE OF NEW PATTERNS.

WOVEN

FABSICS. Chintoes, printed for Hindley and

Sons; and

Halling, Pearce, and Stone.

Also for

Clarkson.

Flannel,

printed

by Swaisland, for R. Andrews.

Swiss printed Cottons, for Faulding and Co.

Calico for Bookbinding, printed for Bone and

Son.

SILK.

Coventry Ribbon, made for

Harding, Smith,

and Co.

Tapestry, made by Keiths, for

Webb.

CARPETS, manufactured by Morton

;

also by Pardoe,

Hoomans, and Co.

RUG, manufictured by Watson, Bell, and Co.

METALS. Bracelet, manufactured for Hunt and

Roskill, W. and D. Gass,

&c.

Two Epergnes, designed and made by W. Potts.

Chandelier, manufactured by Messengers, for the

garden-pavilion in ~uckinjjham Palace.

Double Candlestick. manufactured by Messengers.

Urn, manufactured

by Warner and sins.

PAPER-HANGINGS. French Paoer-hanainas, imported

by W. B. Simpson.

Cheap English Paper, sold by W.

Simpson.

WOOD.

Potato Bowls, carved by Philip and Wyone,

W. G. Rogers, and the Wood-carvlng Company.

POTTERY. Statuette, "The Distressed Mother."

Statuette, "Dancing Girl."

Statuette, "Prince of Wales, in a sailor-boy's cos-

tume."

Statuette,

The Cornish Wife at the Well of St.

Keyne."

Vase, manufactured by Copelands.

Two Spill Cases manufactured by Wedgewoods.

OysterTuband

dish,manufacturedbyWedgewoods.

Jugs, manufactured by Copelands, by Ridgways,

and by Mintons.

Potted Hare-not. manufactured bv Covelands.

for March

1849.

Xebiela

lpatterns

(continued).

GLASS. Flower Vase, Wine Glass, and Finger-Glass.

MISCELLANEOUS. Book-Cover to Songs,

&c.

driginal qpapers.

COPY~IOHT

DESIGNS.

MIXTURES

STYLES.

Books.

Original Treatises dating from the 12th to the 18th

Centuries. on

{he Arts of Painting, &c. Trans-

lated by

~rs. Merrifield.

A Booke of Draughtes. By Henry Shaw.

The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary

and Greek Lexicon.

By A. Rich.

Byrne's Euclid. Printed in Colours.

Enstitutions.

History of the Constitution of the "Government"

School of Design and its Proceedings.

Lecture on Ornament delivered to the Students of the

London School of Design. By W. Dyce, R.A.

Meetings of Edinburgh and Leeds Schools of Design.

Commons' Report on

Scbool of Design

;

Changes In

Masterships in Schools of Design

;

Williams's

Paver on

Desian at Colleae of Freemasons of the

ChLrch.

Third Exhibition of British Manufactures at the

Societv of Arts.

Qlable tJa1i.

Denrefiatinn in the Value of Woven Fabrics

;

Blue

..-~

.-~-.

-- - -

and White Jasper Ornaments; Printed Manu-

factures depressed; Her Majesty's Bridal Dress;

Tapestry Carpets

;

Beauclerc

Copeland.

Mouldings in Glass

;

Fine Arts Commission's Report.

CormsponDence.

Infringement of Copyright in Jennens and Bettridge's

Trays-Is there an International Copyright

Models?

WlTH TEN PATTERNS OF FABRICS AND PAPER-HANGINGS, AND THIRTY

ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.

Comrnvnications,

&c.,

to be addressed

the Editor

THE

JOURNAL

DESIGN,

at the Publishers.

LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL,

186

STRAND

;

Contents of No.

TI.

for

April

1849.

Xebieb, of qpatferns.

nebiela of lpatterns

(continued).

SOLD

MENZIES, EDINBURGH;

MURRAY, GLASOOW

;

M'GLASHAN, DUBLIN; H. MANDEVILLE,

PARIS;

SIMMS

AND

DINHAM, MANUHESTER

;

BOHAIRE, LYOXS: LEBRUMENT, ROUEN

;

C. MUQUARDT, BRUSSELS;

AND

ALL

BOOKSELLEBS.

London :-Printed by G. Barclay, Castle St. Leicester Sq.

METALS. Prince Albert's Design.

Hunt and Roskiil's Dish.

Coalbrookdale Iron Castings, Eagle-Slayer,

LC.

Stuart

Smith's Door-Porter; I'ierce's Pyro-

Pneumatic Stove-Grate.

Smith,s

Pistol

and

Gun

;

Pott,s

Flower

Stand;

Broadhead and Atkins' Tea and Coffee Service.

WOVEN FABRICS.

Walters' Silk Brocatelles.

Aspect of the Month's

Narket for Garment Fabrics.

Mousselines de Laine,

by Inglis and Wakefield,

Partridge and Price,

J. and

Crocker.

Koechlin's Swiss Cambrics.

Adam's Flax Damask; Odier's

Brilliantes.

Cox,s Ribbon;

Stone

and

Kemp,s,

and

Spitalfields Silks.

Norwich and Honiton

Lace.

Printed

Carpet;

Holmes,

Wilton Velvet

Carpet.

Henderson's Patent Tapestry, and Templeton's

Axminster Table-Covers.

Macalpin's Chintz.

PAPEE-FIANGINGS. Jackson and Graham's French

Bed-room Paper; Simpson's Paper for Pictures;

Potters' Cheap Paper.

GLASS. Messengers' Flower

Glass; Richardsons'

Decanter; Faraday's Alboni Lamp Shade.

Osler's and Pellatt's Candelabra.

Pellatt's Claret Jug and Glass.

POTTERY. Mintons' Greek Slave, and

Maternal

Devotion.

Copelands' Salt Cellar

;

Wedgewoods' Ewer

;

Printed Breakfast Cup; Water-lily Jug.

Roses' Dinner Plates; Mintons' Match-box.

@riginal ?papers.

On Ornament, especially referring to Woven Fabrics.

~~~k~.

Layard's

;

Chapman's

znstitutions.

Exhibition at Society of Arts.

Manohester Exposition.

ManChester Church Teachers' Institute.

Schools of Design.

Dyce's Lecture on Ornament

(continued).

Mutual Instruction Class at School of Design.

Wornunl's Lecture

;

Potter's Wheel

;

Female School.

gable 8aKL.

Committee on Laws affecting Arts; Twist Lace

;

Success of Registration of Copyright; Andrew

Kinloch

;

Mlntons' Mosaics at Osborne

;

Terra

Cotta at Osborne

;

Jelly from Ivory-Dust

;

Fallings through the Gridiron

Invention of

Glass; Co-operation of Manufacturers,

&c.;

Lord Lyndhurst's Mechanical Knowledge.

CTorresponbence.

Sir F. Thesiger on Models from Prints; Short

&c.

WlTH THIRTEEN PATTERNS OF FABRICS AND PAPER-HANGINGS, AND FORTY

ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.

ANALYSIS

THE

NAME

OF MOSES

SON.

is not a little interesting to notice the many recommendatory nouns and adjectives which bear as their

initial characters the letters composing the name of MOSES

SON.

For instance

the letter

'&M*

once reminds of

(M)atchless (M)ake and (M)agnificent (M)aterial.-The letter

is displayed in

(0)ut-and-(0)ut (O)vercaats, (0)btainable (0)pposite the Church.-The letter

the initial

character of the words

(S)trength, S)martness, (S)tyle, and (S)uitability.-The letter

L6E"

will

found in (E)ronomy, (E)uellence, [P)gnity, (E)xchange, and (S)o on.

The

in the conjunction whispers of (A)dmirable (A)rticies (A)dapted to (~)11.-~~~," in the

same word, will show itself in

(=)one so (N)oted as this (N)otorious (=)sine in trade.-The letter

calls to mind (D)urable (D)ress, (D)elicate (~)esign, and (D)ispatch.

The word SON, it is true, furnishes us with the very same letters as we have just pointed

out;

but,

notwithstanding, there will be no difficulty in finding new footsteps to tread in.

(S)lap-up (S)uit, for instance, at once gives us the letter

over again

;

do also the words

(S)howrooms, (S)hawls, (S)carfs, (S)ilks, (S)atins, (S)hifts, and (S)o forth.-The character

"0,"

again, speaks of (O)utfits, (O)xonians, and (0)ther similar article~.-~'W," in eouclusion, appears in

(Nleatness, (N)icety, and (N)eglect in (W)othing,

the celebrated House of that Firm whose name

has been thus truthfully analysed.

LIST

PRICES.

Peady

made.

Made

Measure.

Men's Spring and Summer Wrappers, from

The

Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every

descrlptlon of Light Overcoat

from

Cloth Overcoats of a light Texture, and

handsomely trimmed

from

Ditto Ditto lined with Siik

. .

from

Ditto Ditto superiorqnality

Jean and Holland Blouses

Fancy Victoria Ditto

Tweed Ditto

Dresscoats

. . .

Frock Ditto

. . .

Spring and Summer Trousers

. .

Doeskin and Buckskin Trousers

Spring and Summer Vests, in every varlety-

Black and Figured Satin Vests

Ditto superior quality

. . .

White Marcella Vests

. .

Black Cloth Ditto

. .

Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits

Spring and Summer Vests

Men's Fishing Coats. in every variety

6 Paletots, made from a variety of materials,

fitted for Summer wear

. .

from

)

Do.

in every style, elegantly trimmed from

Supeffine Cloth Ditto, of a light

temtur;

Ditto Ditto lined with Silk

Ditto Dress Coat

. .

. ..

Best

itt to

for

Superfine Frock iitto'

from

Best Ditto

for

Fancy Doeskin Trousers

. .

from

Black Ditto Ditto

. .

Best Ditto Ditto

. .

BlackClothVests

. . .

Best Ditto

for

Splendid Satin ~itio

from

Best Ditto Ditto

. . .

for

6 Hussar and

Tunic Suits

Snper6ne Ditto

..-

Men's White Marcella Vests

Fishing Coats, in endless variety, from

1Os.6d.

. .

to)

Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety.

from 16s.

to]

LIVERIES

ALL

KINDS

TIfE

SHORTEST NOTICE.

MOURNING TO ANY EXTENT AT FIVE MINUTES' NOTICE.

Suit

Clothes

complete

for

10s.

The New Book, entitled

The Great Fact," with full Directions for Self-measurement, can be had on

application, or forwarded, post free, to any part of the kingdom.

No~xce.-The Shawl and Parasol Departments are now replete with every novelty of the Season.

OBSERVE.-Any Article purchased, either Ready-made or

Made

to Measure, if not approved of, will be

exchanged, or the money returned.

MOSES

SON,

TAILORS, WOOLLEN DRAPERS, CLOTHIERS, HATTERS, HOSIERS, PURRIERS,

BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS, AND GENERAL OUTFITTERS,

154,255,156,

and

157,

Minories

;

and

83,84,

85,

and

86,

Aldgate,

City,

tondon.

ALL

COPMUNICATING

WITH

EACH

OTHER,

AND

FORMING

ONE

VAST ESTABLISHMENT.

CAVTION.-E MOSES

SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, but having heard

that the untradesmanlike falsehood of being

connected with them, or it is the same concern, has been

resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state they have no

connexion withany

other House in or out of London, except their branch Establishments,

36,

Fargate, Sheffield, and

19,

Thornton's Buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire

;

and those who desire genuine and cheap Clothing, &c., should

call at or send to Minories

and Aldgate, City, London

;

or to the Branch Establishments as above.

TAKE NOTICE.--This Establishment

closed from sunset Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business

resumed till

o'clock.

BESIDES the above Patented Article of Dress (called

THE

NIUOLL), there

another Novelty introduced for this Season, which is, however, Registered under the

name of NICOLL'S MORNING COAT, it being especially intended for morning

wear, in riding or walking exercise, when it necessarily avoids the stiff formality to

observed in the cut and form of the dress-coat.

The price is

TWO

GUlNEAS.

.--

The

premises

(extending

from

114

120, Regent Street),

illuminated

in honour

Her

Majesty's

and

the Prince's

Birthdays.

THE REGISTERED PALETOT is now ready for the Spring Months,

with

all

the new and patented improvements, included

the moderate price of Two

GUINEAS.

Thus it deservedly bears the name of being not only the most fashionable,

but also the cheapest and most durable garment ever offered to the public; the

intrinsic value of the material known as NICOLLIAN, or

LLAMA

CLOTH, being,

within the last few months, much enhanced

;

the same durability being retained,

with an increased fineness

and beauty

appearance. It can be seen, ready for

immediate wear, in every size, at the Patentees' Warerooms.

--.

BRADBURY

Ah'D

EVANS,

PRINTERS, WHITEPRIARO.